Richard Dee's Blog, page 47

Listen very carefully, my venture into the world of audiobooks.

Welcome back to another blog hop, with #OpenBook. Here’s this week’s prompt. Are audiobooks the future of book sales? Do you have your stories on audio? This is a tricky one. I’d like to say yes. I have a few … Continued

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New Edition. The Curse of Time – Book 1 – Bloodstone

This is a book I’ve reviewed before, but it’s just been re-released with a new cover so I thought it would be nice to revisit it. Not only that, I have a bit more information about the author. The Blurb. … Continued

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Hiding in plain sight.

Welcome back to another blog hop, with #OpenBook. Here’s this week’s prompt. If your character wanted to wear a disguise, how would they dress? That’s a tricky question, maybe one not suited to the world of Sci-fi (which spacesuit shall … Continued

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And so it begins. Welcome to Pollen.

I was in a shop a couple of days ago, and my eye was drawn to a display of greetings cards and prints. There were some beautiful and unique drawings and paintings, by local artists. My wife bought a couple … Continued

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Punctuation and I (or should that be Me?)

Welcome back to another blog hop, with #OpenBook. Here’s this week’s prompt. Do you use said or asked after a ? or tag your interruptions? Any punctuation that bugs you? What’s the hardest for you to get right? I have … Continued

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I can’t get her out of my head.

I know I keep on about Andorra Pett but here’s the thing. She’s my favourite character, out of all the ones that invade my mind. And to think she started out as the result of a challenge. My wife suggested … Continued

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Can I phone a friend?

Welcome back to another blog hop, with #OpenBook. Here’s this week’s prompt. If you could choose one author, living or dead, to be your beta partner, who would it be and why? Well, this isn’t as easy as it might … Continued

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Another world, just ten minutes away.

Today, instead of more of my literary ramblings, I thought you might like to see a place I love to visit. It’s where I go, whenever I can, just ten minutes walk from my house. In true Galactic explorer tradition, … Continued

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What I wanted and what I got

Welcome back to another blog hop, with #OpenBook. Here’s this week’s prompt. Write a top 10 list in the voice of a character. Is your character a person making a bucket list? How about someone listing their greatest fears? What … Continued

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They read it first, in praise of the Beta Reader

Before my new masterpiece sets out into the big wide world, there’s a group of unsung heroes who help to make it a lot more readable than it might have been. One of the problems with being the author of … Continued

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